General Electric's Chairman and CEO Larry Culp said Monday that he feels the "urgency" to reduce the company's leverage and will do so through asset sales.
Culp spoke to CNBC's David Faber in an interview on "Squawk on the Street."
"We have no higher priority right now than bringing those leverage levels down," Culp said.
"We need to bring the leverage down," Culp added, saying he thinks GE has "got plenty of opportunities through assets sales to do that."
Shares of GE were down 1.4 percent in premarket trading Monday.
Culp was appointed chairman and CEO on Oct. 1, a month before GE reported third-quarter profits which were sharply below Wall Street forecasts. Additionally, GE slashed its quarterly dividend to a penny a share in a dramatic first move for Culp.
GE shares have fallen more than 50 percent this year. The stock on Friday slipped below $9 a share for the first time since the financial crisis.
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